Parcel-carrier



(No Model.) 1 J. P. M'UIR.

v PARCEL UARRIEB.

No. 373,999. Patented Nov. 29, 1887;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. MUIR, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

PARCEL-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,999, dated November 29, 1887.

Application filed June 15. 1887. Serial No. 241.423. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it knownt-hatl, JOHN F. MUIR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail, Parcel, or Cash Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a device for carrying mail, parcels, or cash, and has for its object the construction of an automatically-closing receptacle suspended upon the carrier.

The invention will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side elevation; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a transverse section, and Fig.4 repre sents the yoke for supporting the receptacle.

Reference being had to the drawings and the letters marked thereon, A represents the car, which has a longitudinal recess, a, in its upper surface, through which awire cable (not shown) passes,and is supported upon wheels I) b, which are mounted upon axles c c in uprights d de 6. Each end of the car is provided with a plate, f, having a slot, g,for the cable, a buffer, h, to cushion the car when itreaches the end of its course of travel, and a loop, z, for engagement with a tripping device, which forms part of apropellin'g mechanism,claimed in another application filed herewith.

Upon the top and acrossabout the center of the car is secured a plate, k, which projects over the sides and has apertures Zm formed in it to receive the side rods, 12 0, of a yoke, B, which is attached to a parcel or cash receptacle, G. From the plate 70 projects a rod, 1), which passes through an aperture, q, in the cross-bar r of the yoke B,and supports a spiral spring, 8, upon which the receptacle 0 is suspended. The cover 15 of the receptacle is secured to the lower side of the car, and is pro vided with slots 21., through which the side rods, n o, of the yoke B work.

The rods are bent at right angles at 1, 2, 3,

8 will automatically return the receptacle and close it.

By suspending the receptacle below the car and supporting its weight upon aspring it will run regularly, accommodate itself to jars that it may receive, or irregularities in the track Without noise or danger of spilling the contents, and will always maintain its proper position on the track.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a parcel or cash carrier, the combination of a car, a receptacle suspendedbelow the car, ayoke, and a spring interposed between the yoke and the upper side ofthe car,substantially as described. r

2. In a parcel or cash carrier, the combination of a car, a receptacle, a movable yoke extending above the car,a fixed and slotted cover for the receptacle, and'a spring interposed between and bearing upon the car and the yoke, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. MUIR. 

